O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Patents—exclusive, government-granted rights intended to encourage innovation—protect pharmaceutical companies from competition and allow them to charge high prices. They are a price that we pay for a rising tide of innovation. What Is Economic Rent? For example, consider drug pricing. But not all rents represent abuse of power.

Social Media 108

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All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Amazon's Dynamo whitepaper , a milestone that made me reflect on how much innovation has occurred in the area of databases over the last decade and a good reminder on why taking a customer obsessed approach to solving hard problems can have lasting impact beyond your original expectations.

Internet 128

Internet Internet AWS Performance 128

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2012 07:00 AM. Today is a very exciting day as we release Amazon DynamoDB , a fast, highly reliable and cost-effective NoSQL database service designed for internet scale applications. Comments ().

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All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 8, 2014

We designed DynamoDB to operate with at least 99.999% availability. Let’s now look at the history behind the service and the context for new innovations that make me think that. In 2012, we launched Amazon DynamoDB, the successor to Amazon Dynamo. NoSQL and Flexibility: Document Model.

Availability 145

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All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 12, 2013

So when we launched in January 2012, we provided simple query functionality that used hash primary keys or composite primary keys (hash + range). When designing a new application that will operate in the AWS cloud, first take a look at DynamoDB when selecting a database. Since then, we have been working on adding flexible querying.

Games 130

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Tim Kadlec

DECEMBER 30, 2015

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson 4 ⁄ 5 How We Got to Now builds off the ideas from Johnson’s Where Good Ideas Come From and further hammers home the point that good ideas do not come from lightbulb moments but from what Johnson calls the Hummingbird Effect.

Social Media 40

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Tim Kadlec

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Pricing Design by Dan Mall 5 ⁄ 5 No one in web design has done more work to help others run a business than Dan Mall. JavaScript for Web Designers by Mat Marquis 5 ⁄ 5 For years I’ve said DOM Scripting , despite its age, remains the golden standard for introducing designers to JavaScript. Past years.

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